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Questions
23. A wall built to resist the pressure of earth filling, is known as-
retaining wall
breast wall
shoring
buttress
25. The width of bearing plate is--- the width of the flange of column.
equal to
greater than
less than
none of these
26. Allowable working stress compression in the column splice plate may be taken as-
60 N/mm²
80 N/mm²
100 N/mm²
125 N/mm²
28. The lateral system used in built-up columns, to carry the transverse shear force, is-
lacing
perforated plates
batten plates
any one of these
29. An eccentrically loaded column is subjected to-
bending stress
direct stress
shear stress
both a and b
32. In a grillage footing, the maximum bending moment occurs at the-
edge of beam
centre of beam
edge of base
plate none of these
35. The spacing of stirrups in a rectangular beam is-
kept constant throughout the beam
decrease towards the centre of the beam
increase at the ends
increase at the centre of the beam
36. The columns whose slendeness ratio is less than 80, are known as-
short columns
long columns
weak columns
medium columns
37. The shear reinforcement in RCC is provided to resist-
vertical shear
horizontal shear
diagonal compression
diagonal tension
39. A single triangular system is formed in the case of-
single lacing
double lacing
both a and b
none of these